Interior Design Schools

As a professor or instructor of interior design classes at one of the 358 accredited interior design schools in the country, you play a key role in shaping the future of this growing field. The graphs, statistics and analysis below outline the current state and the future direction of academia in interior design, which encompasses interior design training at the following levels:

Statistics

Professional Trends

National Employment growth for Interior design professionals

In 2010, 40,120 interior design professionals were working in the US. Over the course of the past 4 years, this number has shrunk by 23%.

And the growth for all careers between the years 2006 and 2010 was 1%. This trend is expected to continue over the next 7 years.

National Salary percentiles for Interior design professionals

10th percentile

$26,380

25th percentile

$35,280

50th percentile

$46,280

75th percentile

$64,670

90th percentile

$84,900

In 2010, the median salary earned by interior design professionals around the nation, was $46,280 per year. The national median salary for all professions, was $68,155 in the same year. Thus, the median yearly salary for interior design professionals in the US was 24% less than the national median salary for all professions.

National Median Salary Growth For Interior Design

$42,260

$43,970

$44,950

$46,180

$46,280

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Light Blue: Salaries

Interior design professionals' salaries have grown by 10% between the years 2006 and 2010.

Educational Trends

National Interior Design Student enrollment growth by degree

2,506

2,693

2,718

2,400

2,152

3,337

3,996

4,410

4,233

4,301

0

0

0

0

0

228

244

251

269

305

915

1,349

1,515

1,363

615

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Yellow: Associate's Degree in Interior Design

Blue: Bachelor's Degree in Interior Design

Red: Doctorates Degree in Interior Design

Light blue: Master's Degree in Interior Design

Grey: Certificate in Interior Design

We are seeing a rapid change in the career outlook for interior design professionals. However, the story on the educational front is quite different. In the year 2006 there were 6,986 students who graduated from interior design degree programs across the country, while in the year 2010, there were 7,373 students graduating from interior design schools.

This represents a 6% change in 4 years. This growth in the number of students graduating from interior design courses is less than the 12% growth nationally for students graduating from institutions of higher learning in general.

Interior Design Programs offered Nationwide

associate

158

bachelor

184

master

26

doctor

0

Certificate

95

Total

463

As student graduation numbers are up, the number of schools offering interior design programs has decreased. In the year 2006, there were 319 interior design schools in the US. And in the year 2010, there were 358 schools.

Interior Design Faculty Salaries

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